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Roosevelt County 110
Basic information Name: Roosevelt County 110
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 110
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1987
Country: United States
Mass:help 73.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 96  (2009)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2051 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Jul 2009
Data from:
  MB96
  Table 3
  Line 6:
State/Prov/County:S1 -R32E- T7S Roosevelt County, NM, USA
Date:1987
Latitude:33°44.2'N
Longitude:103°37.4'W
Mass (g):73.7
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.3 (PMD 2.2%)
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.5
Wollastonite (mol%):0.74
Classifier:L. Boeck, G. Huss, K. Keil, UH
Type spec mass (g):12.07
Type spec location:UH
Main mass:SWilson
Institutions
   and collections		 UH: Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States (institutional address; updated 25 Oct 2011)
SWilson: Skip Wilson, 457 RR 0, Portales, NM 88130, United States (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 96, MAPS 44, 1355-1397 (2009)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (33° 44' 12"N, 103° 37' 24"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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